Dear Sir,
My boss is asking me if he can instruct his company driver to sit in front of him or nearby him at all times. The driver is not allowed to leave during working hours, which are 12 hours in our company. If my boss tells his driver to stay by his side the entire day during working hours, the driver may go home or somewhere else without informing anyone.
So, is my boss breaching any laws by doing this?
From India, Ahmedabad
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My boss is asking me if he can instruct his company driver to sit in front of him or nearby him at all times. The driver is not allowed to leave during working hours, which are 12 hours in our company. If my boss tells his driver to stay by his side the entire day during working hours, the driver may go home or somewhere else without informing anyone.
So, is my boss breaching any laws by doing this?
From India, Ahmedabad
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Dear friend,
In the first place, extracting work from any employee for a period of 12 hours a day is unlawful and inhuman as well. A regular driver's job is to report for duty at the appointed hour, keep the vehicle clean and ready for the trip, drive the vehicle as per the traffic rules and regulations, ensure the safety of the passengers and the vehicle at all times, and maintain the logbook if any up-to-date. Perhaps, just because his actual hours at the wheel are less, how can your boss demand him to stand always at his side? When the driving hours are far less and the vehicle's use is just limited to bringing the boss to the office from his home and back, there is no harm in asking him to assist in some sundry office works. But you cannot ask him to stand still all day long by the side of the boss like a bodyguard.
From India, Salem
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6108In the first place, extracting work from any employee for a period of 12 hours a day is unlawful and inhuman as well. A regular driver's job is to report for duty at the appointed hour, keep the vehicle clean and ready for the trip, drive the vehicle as per the traffic rules and regulations, ensure the safety of the passengers and the vehicle at all times, and maintain the logbook if any up-to-date. Perhaps, just because his actual hours at the wheel are less, how can your boss demand him to stand always at his side? When the driving hours are far less and the vehicle's use is just limited to bringing the boss to the office from his home and back, there is no harm in asking him to assist in some sundry office works. But you cannot ask him to stand still all day long by the side of the boss like a bodyguard.
From India, Salem
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